Francis Zera

Architecture, aviation, construction, & commercial/industrial photo/video | M.A. Ed | Pilot | Editor-at-large, AirlineReporter

[NASA HQ PHOTO @nasahqphoto]

Congratulations to the first place winners of NASA's sixth annual "Photographer of the Year" awards - Documentation: Kenny Allen, Portrait: Josh Valcarcel, People: Jim Ross, and Places: Robert Markowitz. 📷: https://t.co/IZQQdxu5u7

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23 years ago today.

https://t.co/HemJeT8MyP

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@apoure25 If my Apple Watch didn't let me show the current local METAR, etc., on the face, I'd have another Casio, too. Those things last forever.

[Airline Reporter @AirlineReporter]

BREAKING: Alaska Airlines announced today they are acquiring Hawaiian Airlines. Each airline will remain its own brand-HNL will become a combined hub for both airlines.

Photo courtesy Alaska Airlines.

#merger @alaskaair @HawaiianAir #airlinenews #pacificnorthwest #hawaii

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@SouthwestAir NYC. Every time.

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@jonostrower @TailwindAir Fantastic ride, isn't it? We did the Manhattan to Boston route two summers ago.

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@ACMillerAuthor That seems super spendy for 1959

[The Livery Project @LiveryCulture]

From Rob McKinney, CEO of @NorthernPac "6:30pm tonight (Saturday) A call from the CMO manager of the FAA -- passed every test. Passed and exceeded all expectations. Ravn Alaska as Northern Pacific Airways is authorized as a global airline flying large jets. So many Thx"

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@JRBisMe A-10. There's a lot of them out this way, Idaho, mostly. But they do move around for training.

[Airline Reporter @AirlineReporter]

Today, @Icelandair finalized their @Airbus order for up to 25 A321XLR narrowbody jets, to be delivered starting in 2029. Expect to see several leased versions in their fleet starting 2025. These are big changes for this airline, which has been all-Boeing for decades.

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@bnickeson I'd kayak up to it and the folks working on it were always friendly and happy to talk about the project

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It's still a shame this thing got broken up. I was lucky enough to be able to get a tour during one of the early restoration attempts when it was docked on Seattle's Lake Union.

[HistoryLink.org @HistoryLink]

#OnThisDay in 1935, the ferry Kalakala started daily service between Seattle and Bremerton. https://t.co/EAyLXxoGEU

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@apoure25 I carry a first aid kit, mini compressor, tie-down straps, orange vest, work gloves, folding shovel, tire chains, headlamp, emergency blanket, basic tool kit, snow brush/scraper, water, and a couple energy bars, adjusted appropriately per season, of course.

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@AlaskaAir Thank you!

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Howdy, @AlaskaAir! Can you please add the terminal number to boarding passes or the app after check-in? Many airports have multiple terminals, and it's not always obvious which one we need to go to. My boarding pass only ever shows the gate, never the terminal. Thanks!

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@bnickeson Obviously it's because whoever wrote the story was a Taylor Swift fan. Trust me on that, because when I was a newspaper reporter and there was any chance to work aviation into a story, I was all over it.

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@bnickeson Huh. I kinda like it.

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@chriswrenla @DWHonan That's way too precise of a track to have been hand flown.

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@chriswrenla @DWHonan It's ridiculously tedious to enter custom waypoints into an older autopilot like that plane must have. I can't imagine doing that many.

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@AlaskaAir 🦞🌊🍁🍂